The Prospects Northwest of Welcome Spring is a copper mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 4,531 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,531 Feet (1,381 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 37.10389, -113.91306
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Prospects Northwest of Welcome Spring MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prospects Northwest of Welcome Spring
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Tutsagubet District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Detachment Fault
Type: L
Description: Detachment Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Silicification, Minor Argillic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): VERY COARSE GRAINED GRANITE OR SYENITE ASSOCIATED WITH DEPOSIT. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IMMEDIATELY BENEATH A DETACHMENT FAULT SEPARATING GNEISS FROM OVERLYING MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS HOSTED BY SILICIFIED, CHLORITIZED, AND ARGILLIZED GNEISS WITH QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS. ALTERED AND MINERALIZED ROCK IMMEDIATELY UNDERLIES A DETACHMENT FAULT SEPARATING GNEISS AND OVERLYING LIMESTONE
Comment (Commodity): TUNGSTEN IS REPORTED TO BE PRESENT BUT HAS NOT BEEN DOCUMENTED. POSSIBLY ANOMALOUS GOLD
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE SHAFT AND FIVE PITS AND TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UGMS FILES
Reference (Deposit): COOK, E.F., 1960, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, WASHINGTON COUNTY: UGMS BULL. 70
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